Home BAME students are under-represented on postgraduate courses in England, especially at elite universities, however, there has been little research on why this should be. This research starts to fill this gap, arguing that gatekeepers to postgraduate courses at some of the most elite universities contribute to maintaining white supremacy.…

Reliability of screening for selection for postgraduate training was assessed by correlating ratings by four readers of the application papers, showing also that the selection of preferred candidates from the total interviewed did not differ from change. (Author/KM)

Investigates the relative effectiveness of three types of selectors (graduate students, principals, and college faculty) in selecting new graduate students for an educational administration program. Examines the usefulness of various pieces of information in predicting success both in the graduate program and in later administrative practice.…

This document presents data concerning graduate admissions at the State University of New York. Individual discussions and tables are offered for admissions on the master's level, doctoral admissions, and first-professional degree admissions. Data are presented for applications received, applications accepted, and students enrolled by the various…

Describes how Brigham Young University selects applicants to master's and doctoral programs in marriage and family therapy. Explains how traditional methods are augmented by use of highly reliable interaction-analysis instrument, a microcomputer, and large computer frame to analyze verbal interactions of applicants who conduct therapy with coached…

Details the setting up of a battery of psychometric tests for selecting student interpreters for the Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpreting in Taiwan. Argues that the rigid screening (which leads to a nearly 100 percent pass rate) compares favorably with the high drop-out rate in traditional schools of interpreting. (NKA)

The perceptions of a representative sample of GRE test takers who were asked to indicate their views of the importance of eight factors in graduate admissions were examined. Candidates perceived undergraduate grades as the most important factor in graduate admissions, followed by recommendations and test scores. (Author/MLW)

Describes a program which helps minority graduate students obtain doctoral degrees in sociology at universities of their choice. Fellowships were distributed equally among the sexes when effects of each of the indicators of academic credentials were controlled. Similar conclusions were drawn regarding age, marital status, and geographic region.…

The available objective evidence suggests that the accuracy of predicting which students will succeed in a particular graduate school is often no better than modest, especially if such predictions are based only upon a test or a grade record. Taken together these two types of predictors do a reasonably good job, considering the restricted range of…

The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of nontraditional satisfactory/unsatisfactory (or pass/fail) grading on graduate admissions and on financial award decisions by surveying each department offering graduate programs at the State University of New York at Albany. Some differential effects of the nontraditional versus…

Results of questionnaires sent to 58 admissions directors indicate: (1) special degree students are initially not differentiated from other applicants; and (2) criteria for effectively evaluating special program applicants, as distinct from standard ones, are necessary. (Editor/PG)

A review of current procedures for selecting students for graduate programs in psychology reveals a number of problems due to predictor, criterion, and methodological variables. The idea is advanced that with the multiplicity of procedures used, plus the number of students applying to graduate programs in psychology, the effort on the part of…

Arguments are set forth to encourage continued use of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as supplementary information rather than as an exclusive criterion for selecting graduate candidates in English. The author predicts that the GRE will be increasingly used and will increasingly come to define and control undergraduate and graduate…

Comparative data are gathered on (1) the institutional and nontransferrable fellow awards and (2) individual and portable awards of the Danforth Fellowship program. Results indicate that students attending elite universities will overwhelm their competitors in a national competition that is academically oriented and that open competition does not…